The duty of stating the obvious

The duty of stating the obvious Trump’s proposal for the US to “take over” Gaza and expel its inhabitants is, like nearly everything else Trump has said and done over the past two weeks and indeed the past decade, completely batshit insane. 2. As with countless other Trump proposals, I don’t see that it will

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8636 · February 5, 2025

Orion O6 ITX Arm V9 board - temper your expectations

Orion O6 ITX Arm V9 board - temper your expectations Orion O6 ITX Arm V9 board - temper your expectations When I first heard about Radxa’s Orion O6, it was being compared to Apple’s M1 silicon, and the product page has extraordinary claims: Jeff

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/orion-o6-itx-arm-v9-board-temper-your-expectations · February 3, 2025

Decorator JITs - Python as a DSL

Decorator JITs - Python as a DSL

https://eli.thegreenplace.net/2025/decorator-jits-python-as-a-dsl/ · February 3, 2025

Hymn to be recited for the next thousand mornings

Hymn to be recited for the next thousand mornings A few years ago, scientists feared they’d lose their jobs if they said anything against diversity programs. I was against that. Now scientists fear they’ll lose their jobs if they say anything for diversity programs. I’m against that too. A few years ago, if you didn’t list your pronouns, you

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8624 · February 2, 2025

OpenAI o3-mini now available in LLM

OpenAI o3-mini now available in LLM

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/31/o3-mini/#atom-entries · January 31, 2025

The American science funding catastrophe

The American science funding catastrophe It’s been almost impossible to get reliable information this week, but here’s what my sources are telling me: There is still a complete freeze on money being disbursed from the US National Science Foundation. Well, there’s total chaos in the federal government much more broadly, a lot of it more

https://scottaaronson.blog/?p=8609 · January 31, 2025

How is Deepseek R1 on a Raspberry Pi

How is Deepseek R1 on a Raspberry Pi How is Deepseek R1 on a Raspberry Pi? OpenAI, which is only really open about consuming all the world’s energy and half a trillion of our taxpayer dollars, just got rattled to its core. Deepseek, a new AI startup run

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-deepseek-r1-on-raspberry-pi · January 28, 2025

Dont pay 800 for Apples 2TB SSD upgrade

Dont pay 800 for Apples 2TB SSD upgrade Don’t pay $800 for Apple’s 2TB SSD upgrade Apple charges $800 to upgrade from the base model M4 Mac mini’s 256 GB of internal storage to a more capacious 2 TB. Pictured above is a photo of a standard 2230-size

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/dont-pay-800-apples-2tb-ssd-upgrade · January 27, 2025

A selfish personal argument for releasing code as Open Source

A selfish personal argument for releasing code as Open Source

https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/24/selfish-open-source/#atom-entries · January 24, 2025

CaribouLite SDR HAT for SDR on a Raspberry Pi

CaribouLite SDR HAT for SDR on a Raspberry Pi CaribouLite SDR HAT for SDR on a Raspberry Pi A couple years ago, after I heard about the CaribouLite on CrowdSupply, I pre-ordered one. I’ve dabbled in SDR with an RTL-SDR v3 for a few years, even using one with

https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/cariboulite-sdr-hat-sdr-on-raspberry-pi · January 24, 2025